Countdown to 404: Free TVs, Paid Privacy, and Dad Dancing in the Sora-verse

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In this episode:
I spent three months with Telly, the free TV that’s always showing ads: https://www.theverge.com/televisions/...

$55 Billion Deal for Electronic Arts Is Biggest Buyout Ever: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/bu...

EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners for $55 Billion: https://news.ea.com/press-releases/pr...

Vibe working: Introducing Agent Mode and Office Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/micro...

Microsoft moves to the uncanny valley with creepy Copilot avatars that stare at you and say your name: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/3...

OpenAI adds Instant Checkout shopping feature to ChatGPT: https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/29/o...

OpenAI is launching the Sora app, its own TikTok competitor, alongside the Sora 2 model: https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/ope...

Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5 in latest bid for AI agents and coding supremacy: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia: https://www.theverge.com/news/789152/...

DoorDash launches delivery robot in latest push into autonomous technology: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/30/doord...

Epic Games says Apple’s new install process cuts user drop-offs by 60%: https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/01/epi...

Elon Musk’s Wikipedia Competitor Is Going to Be a Disaster: https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-wikipe...

FCC accidentally leaked iPhone schematics, potentially giving rivals a peek at company secrets: https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/fcc...

Apple Shelves Vision Headset Revamp to Prioritize Meta-Like AI Glasses: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...

Weird and Wacky:
Two Amazon delivery drones crash into crane in commercial area of Tolleson: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-wes...

Retail Stores May Soon Use Drones to Chase Thieves: https://gizmodo.com/flock-safety-reta...

The man who's never owned a cellphone: https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/lifestyle/...

Nazi Symbols Found Hidden In James Gunn’s Peacemaker Dance, Now Being Banned: https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent...

Tech Rec:
Sanjay - Piloting Claude for Chrome \ Anthropic : https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude...
Adam - Ulanzi Tripod

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